Solid State Guitar Amp Forum | DIY Guitar Amplifiers
Solid State Amplifiers => Amplifier Discussion => Topic started by: Stinger on December 19, 2025, 08:54:21 AM
Hello all, first poet. I'm interested in designing and building a solid state guitar amplifier (planning to use the LM3886 for my first build) and in researching power amps I came across this schematic. I noticed the speaker path seems to be pure current feedback rather then mixed, with the voltage feedback on a completelyseparate path. I'm wondering if the inverted topology is what allows for stability here, or whether inverted has any potential advantage for building a current driven amp with a low damping factor. Note that this website isn't always the best, and they really do a poor job explaining the power amp section here, but the schematic is legit as far as I can tell, and other mg amps use the same inverted power amp and current feedback setup. https://www.electrosmash.com/marshall-mg10
DISCLAIMER: I am well aware that current feedback and low damping are just one of many, many ingredients behind classic tube tone and do not expect that alone to make silicon act like glass.